Drug Smuggling Cases Through Soekarno-Hatta Airport in 2013

Through mid November 2013, security agents at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Indonesia recorded 83 cases of drug smuggling. The number of cases was higher than the 39 cases reported in 2012 and the 52 cases reported in 2011 by criminal justice programs.

Among the way that smugglers were bringing in drugs into the country was by inserting heroin into curtain rings and mailing it via international courier air services.

Source: “Drug smuggling at airport on the rise,” Jakarta Post, November 20, 2013.